The Plan for Pitt: Strengthen Communities

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The Center for Creativity’s One Minute Film Festival gave members of the Pitt community a chance to explore writing, storytelling and filmmaking in a compact form. See the winners.
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Students and faculty from Pitt’s School of Pharmacy made history at a vaccinating the vaccinators event on Dec. 16. It’s just the beginning of the massive effort to inoculate health care workers against COVID-19.
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While it might not feel like it, more than a few good things happened in 2020. Here are stories of Pitt people and programs that made the world better during a turbulent year.
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The end of the year is upon us, and we're all looking forward to enjoying the winter break. Watch Pitt's message and get in the holiday spirit.
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Pitt’s Heinz Chapel Choir faced a number of challenges this year but came through the pandemic with a new album of holiday music.
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Optimism is hardwired in most humans, says public health professor Steve Albert. If you don’t feel like you’re one of them right now, here are three perspectives on why, despite all that 2020 brought us, things are looking brighter.